Mexican Smilisca
Smilisca baudinii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusSmilisca (Cross-banded Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesSmilisca baudinii (Mexican Smilisca)
The common Mexican tree frog (Smilisca baudinii) is a nocturnal species of tree frog whose native range extends from the Sonoran Desert and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south to Costa Rica. Common names include Mexican tree frog, Baudin's tree frog and Van Vliet's frog. They are usually found within lightly forested areas near permanent sources of water. Wikipedia →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Smilisca sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog
Triprion petasatus
Veined Frog
Trachycephalus typhonius
Stauffer's Tree Frog
Scinax staufferi
Painted Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla picta
Central American Gulf Coast Toad
Incilius valliceps
Browns' Frog
Lithobates brownorum
Yucatan rainfrog
Craugastor yucatanensis
Black Jungle-Frog
Leptodactylus melanonotus
Sheep Frog
Hypopachus variolosus
Mexican Burrowing Toad
Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Mexican White-lipped Frog
Leptodactylus fragilis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mexican Smilisca in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 24% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Smilisca sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Mexican Smilisca in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Mexican Smilisca in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.